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Document Type

Report

Publication Date

8-1995

Abstract

Most of today's high-school teens (62%) feel their communities are good or very good places to live. But more say that conditions in their communities are getting worse (30%) than getting better (25%).

Crime and violence are the most pressing problems facing communities today, according to 36% of students. Other areas of concern are drug and alcohol abuse (cited by 18%), education (7%), economic problems (7%) and lack of youth programs (6%).

More than six teens in ten (62%) say the solutions to such problems lie in individual action rather than government programs. Only one in three (33%) favor government programs.

Recommended Citation

Wirthlin Group, "The Prudential Spirit of Community Youth Survey: A Survey of High School Students on Community Involvement" (1995). School K-12. 45.
https://digitalcommons.unomaha.edu/slcek12/45